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2nd episode of the 3rd season of CBS Playhouse

"Sadbird"

CBS Playhouse episode

Episode no.

Season 3
Episode 2

Directed by

Paul Bogart
William A. Graham

Written by

George Bellak

Original air date

December 1, 1969 (1969-12-01)

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"Sadbird" is the second television play episode of the third season of the American television series CBS Playhouse. The episode was a coming-of-age drama about a young man finding his own in the toy business after years of rejecting the corporate lifestyle.

"Sadbird" aired December 1, 1969, was nominated for an Emmy award for writer George Bellak, and starred such noteworthy actors and actresses as Ed Asner, Tyne Daly, and Jack Albertson.

References

TV.com: CBS Playhouse: Sadbird.
Emmys.com: CBS Playhouse.

External links

"Sadbird" at IMDb

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Anthology, Any Length

1960s

Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Anthology, Any Length (1962–1969)

The DuPont Show with June Allyson – "Death of the Temple Bay" (1962)
The Dick Powell Show – "The Price of Tomatoes" (1963)
The Dick Powell Show – "The Last of the Big Spenders" / The Lloyd Bridges Show – "A Pair of Boots" (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre – "The Game with Glass Pieces" (1965)
The Outer Limits – "Demon with a Glass Hand" (1966)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre – "The Game" (1967)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre – "Crazier Than Cotton" (1968)
Heidi (1969)

1970s

v t e Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Anthology, Any Length (1970–1971)
CBS Playhouse – "Sadbird" (1970) Tribes (1971)

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